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Poland: attacks on media freedom and the EU legal order need to stop
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European Parliament: Polish attacks on media freedom and the EU legal order need to stop
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The authoritarianism of the Polish government knows no boundaries. When Joe Biden won the 2020 election to become the 46th president of the United States, Polish President Andrzej Duda was quick to dispute the results. Duda had an infamously close bond with former US President Donald Trump, since they agreed with some of one another’s policies, and both are populists – Duda wanted to strengthen the ties between Poland and the United States in order to receive funding for a military base that he wanted to name “Fort Trump.” Duda’s government is wary of Russia in particular, due to the 1940 Katyn Massacre, Poland’s past as a Soviet Union satellite state, and Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. Consequently, Poland fears that Russia will attempt to exert its influence on Poland and its neighbors. As a result, Poland tends to align itself with the United States in a hopeful bid to benefit from the US military and to finance the country’s own weaponry.
HRC46: States must urge Poland to end its assault on media freedom
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Thursday, March 4, 2021
Poland
A. UOKiK obliges UPC Polska, a telecommunication and cable television provider, to pay compensation to consumers.
On Dec. 29, 2020, the President of UOKiK issued a commitment decision (Decision) in the proceedings against UPC Polska (UPC). The proceedings were initiated because of various complaints lodged by consumers who found irregularities when concluding or amending the terms of remote contracts for the provision of telecommunications services. In the course of the proceedings the president of UOKiK established that UPC had been activating additional “UPC Security Package” anti-virus software for an additional fee, without obtaining the prior consent of consumers.
To address UOKiK’s concerns, UPC committed to modify the procedure for concluding contracts with anti-virus software by obtaining from consumers explicit consent to pay a fee for the “UPC Security Package.” Certain categories of consumers, as defined by UOKiK, who